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Will Lyle Menendez Be Denied Parole Too? Erik Menendez Blocked Over Drug Use, Prison Fights and More

Erik Menendez was denied parole due to drug use, prison fights and misconduct revealed. With Lyle Menendez's hearing set for 22 August 2025, questions rise over whether he could face the same outcome.

International Business Times UK

Lucy Connolly Walks Free After Racist X Comments Sent Her to Jail; What Really Happened?

Lucy Connolly, jailed for inciting violence against asylum-seeker hotels on X, has been released after serving 40% of her sentence, reigniting debate over free speech and hate crime laws in the UK.

International Business Times UK

A timeline of Erik and Lyle Menendez’s case over the last three decades

Lyle Menendez will face parole board a day after brother Erik was denied release. Follow every key event from arrest to parole hearings 35 years later

The Guardian - US

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California board still deliberating Lyle Menendez parole after denying it to Erik

Erik will be eligible again in three years; the two brothers have spent 30 years in prison for the murder of their parents

The Guardian - US

India’s parliament bans vast online gambling industry

India’s new online gambling laws could see offenders face up to five years in prison.

Al Jazeera

California parole board denies release for Erik Menendez due to misbehaviour in prison

A panel of two California commissioners denied Menendez parole for three years, after which he will be eligible again. A parole hearing for his brother Lyle Menendez, who is being held at the same prison in San Diego, is scheduled for Friday morning.

Euronews

Erik Menendez in his own words after gruesome murders and then 30 years in prison

Erik Menendez has been denied parole by panel of California commissioners

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Erik Menendez denied parole almost four decades after murdering parents with brother

The decision comes 36 years and one day after Erik and his brother Lyle shot and killed their parents in the family's Beverly Hills mansion

The Independent UK

California parole board denies release of Erik Menendez

Panel declines to grant parole to Menendez, convicted over parents’ deaths, while brother Lyle faces hearing on Friday

The Guardian - US

Lucy Connolly to speak out for first time since ending 10-month jail term for hate tweet

The wife of a Conservative councillor is understood to be doing limited media interviews a day after walking free from jail

Evening Standard

Lucy Connolly to speak out for first time since being released from prison

The former childminder, from Northampton, left HMP Peterborough on Thursday morning.

The Independent UK

Florida gymnastics coach gets 12 years for sexually assaulting underage girls who were his students

A South Florida gymnastics coach accused of sexually assaulting at least three underage girls who were his students has been sentenced to 12 years in prison as part of a plea deal

The Independent UK

Convicted German transgender right-wing extremist to serve time in women's prison

In July 2023, Marla-Svenja Liebich, then still known as Sven, was sentenced to one and a half years' imprisonment without probation by the Halle district court. A year and a half later, Sven became Marla-Svenja by simple deed poll, made possible under a new law.

Euronews

Foxy Knoxy no more: How Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox teamed up to reclaim Knox's narrative

Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox are each aware of what it feels like when the media distorts your image

The Independent UK

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‘CRY ME A RIVER BK’: Bryan Kohberger’s official prison complaint proves the only person he cares about is himself

Karen Kohberger would like to speak to the manager.

The Guardian - UK

Why Shabana Mahmood’s outlook on prisons is wrong

Letter: The justice secretary has not understood many of the issues surrounding the prisons crisis, say Deborah Coles, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs

Latin Times

'El Chapo' Guzman Reportedly Seeking To Improve Detention Conditions At Colorado Supermax Claiming Deteriorating Health

"El Chapo" Guzman's legal team is reportedly seeking to improve detention conditions at the Colorado maximum security prison, alleging his health is deteriorating due to a lack of natural light and limited movement

International Business Times UK

Louisiana Pedophile Agrees to Physical and Chemical Castration to Cut Prison Time — What to Know About the Procedure

A convicted Louisiana sex offender agrees to both surgical and chemical castration under a new state law. Learn what the procedure involves and its legal implications.

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The Guardian - US

Trump again calls for release of ex-clerk guilty of Colorado election data breach

President threatened ‘harsh measures’ if Tina Peters – sentenced to nine years – isn’t released from prison

The Guardian - US

The revolutionary prison program where men help each other put down their guns: ‘Don’t end up like me’

In the Arms Down program at San Quentin in California, incarcerated men analyze the violence, heartbreak and poor choices that have shaped their lives

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Radical Right-Winger Changes Gender After Conviction And Will Now Serve Sentence In Women’s Jail

A radical right-winger, who once called transgenders “parasites,” sparked controversy over her gender change after being sentenced to prison.

The Guardian - US

Menendez brothers face parole hearings as they seek release after three decades

Erik and Lyle Menendez, sentenced to life over 1989 killings of parents, eligible for parole after judge’s May decision

The Independent UK

Why did Lucy Connolly receive a 31-month sentence for Southport tweet?

Connolly, who was jailed for inciting racial hatred online following the Southport attacks, has been released from prison.

The Independent UK

Lucy Connolly to be released from prison after serving part of 31-month sentence for hate tweet

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Evening Standard

Lucy Connolly freed from prison after hate-tweet jail term

The former childminder, from Northampton, was ordered to serve 40% of her 31-month sentence in prison before being released on licence.

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